Crewmen, passengers of drifting ship saved

SEVENTY-FIVE crew members and passengers of a commercial vessel were safely rescued by elements of the Naval Task Group-Sulu (NTG-Sulu) off the waters of Sulu on Wednesday, the military reported yesterday.

AFP-Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman Maj. Filemon Tan Jr., said that elements of the NTG-Sulu promptly responded to a distressed sea craft in the waters near Minis Island.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station in Sulu reported that M/L Nadzramar, suffered engine trouble and was dead in the water in the vicinity of Bubuan Island, Sulu.